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The D.C. Brief

IF THE UPPER MIDWEST IS THE fail-safe for Democrats' Blue Wall, then they reached to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz in search of a new break-in-case-of-emergency tool.

WATERGATE'S REAL LEGACY

When Richard Nixon resigned, 50 years ago this August, he became the first and (so far) only U.S. President driven from the nation's highest office. His departure was the result of the political establishment coming together in the wake of Watergate. The experience, Nixon's successor asserted, had vindicated American democracy. \"Our Constitution works,\" President Gerald Ford declared.

Victory for González

Venezuela's defiant opposition

Bangladesh on edge after coup

SHEIKH HASINA WAZED WAS PROUD of her house.

UNGREAT BRITAIN

How online misinformation stoked antimigrant riots across the U.K.

The View - Hip-Hop Needs A Reckoning - Misogynoir is, of course, not unique to hip-hop. Universal systems of oppression are prevalent in the lives of Black women.

Misogynoir is, of course, not unique to hip-hop. Universal systems of oppression are prevalent in the lives of Black women. Cassie Ventura is not the first survivor of hip-hop's abuse, and unfortunately will not be the last. In the months since she filed a federal lawsuit against Sean "Diddy" Combs for rape and abuse in November 2023, seven women and one male survivor have come out against the mogul with stories of alleged abuse and harm.

A Global Movement Against The Status Quo - With so many elections in big countries this year, it's a good time to look at how the politics of democracies is shifting.

With so many elections in big countries this year, it's a good time to look at how the politics of democracies is shifting. But this is no simple turn to the left or the right.

Behind The Opulence Of Anant Ambani's Big Fat Indian Wedding - The wedding celebrations for the son of Asia's richest man

The wedding celebrations for the son of Asia’s richest man culminated in a lavish, celebrity-filled three-day gathering that came to a close in Mumbai on July 14. Mukesh Ambani, chairman of India’s largest conglomerate, Reliance Industries, hosted festivities over seven months for his son Anant Ambani’s marriage to pharmaceutical heiress Radhika Merchant.

The Complicated Work of Treating Trauma - Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk has spent 30 years figuring out why people behave so strangely.

The Body Keeps the Score is not a self-help book; it is a summary of the scientific advances in understanding and treating trauma in the past century and why van der Kolk believes medicine is still not grappling with it effectively. But for many readers, it was an epiphany. As the book has lingered atop best-seller lists for the past five years, trauma has been elevated from a subject discussed mostly in the medical and military communities to a feature of the national conversation.

Tech Racket - Inside the "nightmare" health crisis of a Texas Bitcoin-mining town

More than 40 people in the Granbury area reported a medical ailment that they believe is connected to the arrival of the Bitcoin mine. Studies have shown that human-caused noise pollution harms animals and wildlife, causing oxidative stress and memory loss in rodents, acute anxiety in dogs, and a decrease in forest growth

5 reasons to start walking backward

I've spent my whole life happily walking in one direction: forward. It was, I believed, the only way to go, so I dutifully logged dozens of miles a month looking like every other person out for a morning stroll.

The WORLD'S GREATEST PLACES

Our annual list of the globe's most desirable destinations takes you from urban art hubs to remote rain forests-and even Antarctica. Start here, and find the rest of our top 100 places to stay and things to do at time.​com/worldsgreatestplaces.

Snoop Dogg The legendary rapper on covering the Summer Olympics for NBC, being "a very legal guy," and the horse he wants to meet

When NBC came to you about this gig reporting on the Games from Paris, why did you sign on?

GO BIG OR GO HOME

With Twisters, Lee Isaac Chung illustrates the promise and pitfalls of indie directors making blockbusters

When Mother Knows Best

They have advanced degrees, kids of their own, and massive followings. A new kind of parenting expert has emerged online

DARKNESS RISING

An attack on former President Trump punctuates the alarming surge of political violence

Unity is still possible in America, even now

A COUNTRY BORN BY BREAKING WITH A KING inherits dissent as a birthright.

Trump Ascendant

IT'S NOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S RACE TO LOSE

The border is not the problem

WHEN MY FATHER ARRIVED IN AMERICA FROM ETHIOPIA in 1978, he was resettled, with the help of an immigration agency, to Peoria, Ill.

Shannen Doherty

The quintessential Gen X girl

Why is Modi embracing Putin?

HOURS BEFORE INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA Modi landed in Moscow on July 8, Russia fired missiles on Ukraine that killed at least 41 people, including four children at a children's hospital in Kyiv.

BIDEN BOWS OUT

IT TOOK NEARLY A HALF-CENTURY FOR JOE BIDEN to rise to the pinnacle of American politics, an ascent haunted by tragedy and capped by triumph. The fall, in comparison, felt brutally fast.

Scientists find a new way to spot AI 'hallucinations'

Today’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools often confidently assert false information. Computer scientists call this behavior “hallucination”

Noah Lyles – The Flash

Already the world's fastest man, Noah Lyles is bringing his speed and showmanship to the Paris Games

Alice Munro

Master of the short story

'I don't have faith in doctors anymore!'

How women get pressured into long-term birth control

Rashida Jones The multihyphenate creator on her new dark comedy Sunny, the complexity of grief, and whether a robot can find its motivation

In Sunny, you play an American woman in Kyoto, reluctantly bonding with a \"homebot\" gifted to her by her husband's company after he and their son disappear following a plane crash. What about grief were you hoping to explore in this story?

House of the Dragon's song of grief and guilt

\"THERE IS NO WAR SO HATEFUL TO THE GODS AS A WAR between kin,\" a wise character observes in the second season of HBO's House of the Dragon.

Maika Monroe is giving evil a run for its money

LIKE A SHAPE-SHIFTING SPECTER LURKING just out of frame, the title of \"scream queen\" has been trailing in Maika Monroe's wake since her star-making turn in the 2015 breakout horror hit It Follows.

Mia Goth prefers to live on the edge

IT'S ONE OF THE MOST INDELIBLE IMAGES IN recent cinema: \"Please, I'm a star!\" wails the title character of Ti West's 2022 cult horror film, Pearl, after she's been rejected for a role at an audition.